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l. PQ BERGERON.

BAIL FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLlATIoN FILED oc. 15. 19u.

1,818,640. Patented 0651491919.

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UNITED sirnrnsf rATENToFFICE.

JASMIN PIERRE BERGERON, OF LOS ANGELES, .CALIFORNIA,.ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALFTO l HENRY C.,SHIEIPEEI f' :aAInFAsTEi-TING nnlvion.

, Application ile'uQOc-toberf15, 1917;.. Serial No. 196,748fy To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JAsMiN PIERRE BER- GERON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the 'county of Los 'Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement Vin Rail-Fastening Devices, of which 'the following is a speci# lication. e I

It is an improvement upon my invention disclosed in'LettersPatent, 1,237,996', for

rail-fastening device issued August 21,1917. This invention relates to an improvement in a rail fastening device, and especially to a device having a rail anchoring support,

which is interposed between therailand tie.'v

cient manner.

This invention comprises withinxthe one construction a combination of three devices now used in attaining certain ends.` Thesel as now employed, are: the spikes, the tieplafte, and the rail anchor or antiecreeper."`

To these ends, I employ a rail support or chair which is secured to the' tie 'andhas means for receiving the bottonir iiange ofthe rail, and a removable locking wedgewhich may be inserted in place, tightened or loosened, and removed without complicated means or theneed of expert labor.

I accomplish these objects by means ofthe embodiment of my invention illustrated in" the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is an elevation of a tie having my improved rail fastening device applied thereto, the tie being shown broken at the center thereof. Fig. 2, is a fragmentary plan view. Fig. 3, is a side elevation. Fig. l, is a perspective view of the rail support or chair. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the locking Wedge.' F ig.` 6, is a side view of the triangular locking pin. Fig. 7 ,is a section as seen on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring more particularly tothe dra-wings, 8 indicates an ordinary woodentie, upon which a chair 9, preferably of metal is mounted. A locking wedge l0 is inserted with thev -rail-fastening` ring' the same,

inlthechair and overlying `one edge lof the rail 11.

Specifcation of Letters llatent. `ligmellted 0013.141, y.

The chair 9 comprises aflat base 12 having an under cut rib 13 vformed at one side thereof, in which one edge of the flangeof the rail'is adapted to be "disposed,V At the opposite end of the chairV a` groove 14C is formed in the base for the reception of a locking wedge, which is preferably of metal. The

side walls of the groove areundercut to see curely hold the Wedge in place. DependingA from the bottom of the base and formed integral therewith are posts 15 and 16,. which are provided with transverse openings 171 andlS. Openings are bored inthe Atie and Suita'bly formed pieces of metal 19` and 2 0V are passed through small lateral bores in the tie and through the posts and clenched at the outer ends, thereby firmly securing the chair to the tie.

. 7o `'inl these the posts l5 and 16 are disposed.

.The rails 11 are now placed in position with one `edge of the Harige disposed under rib 13.' Wedge 10 is now inserted inl groove 111. l/Vedge 10' is provided with side walls kcorresponding tothe undercut Walls of the' groove, and it has a rib 21.0verh'anging the Harige of `the rail@v Wedge 10 yand groove 14 are ltapered from front to rear. the wedge in tothe groove, pressure between thel rail .and chair is increased, iirmly secur- A lateral pressure is also exerted, which pushes the rail positively 'and firmly into'the permanent holding portion of the support on the-opposite side of the railf'The space ofthe holding support on both flanges being 'ma-ny times that of av spile head, the resistance to shearing strain, which isespecially large at curves, is greatly YVincreased. The frictional binding of the wedge also decreases the liability of loosen- Aing due to vibration. However, to avoid tampering and to insure againstloosening, I have provided the wedge with positive means for retaining the same in place.

Formed in the base plate 12 is a series of openings 22 forming in effect a slot having teeth at the sides thereof. A slot 23 is formed at the Wider end of the wedge 10, so that it may register with the slot 22. A-pin .24 of suitable shape so that it will fit the openings 22 is inserted in the slot 23 and in the opening at a point nearest to the end ofthe slot 23, and is then driven into the tie. Owing to the form of the pin and By forcing y the shape of the opening in the base, the pin has a tendency to be forcibly pressed against the end of the Wedge. The bottom part of the pin being firmly held in the base plate and in the tie, is therefore held in rigid relation thereto, but the upper part of the pin being free develops a certain elasticity or resiliency Which is exerted against the Wedge and acts to forcibly retain said Wedge in position against any vibrational movement tending to displace it.

By placing the chairs With the Wedges on corresponding sides of the rail, the tie may be removed by sliding the latter from beneath the rail. The pins 24 are removed and the Wedges 10 are then foreed'from position. lVith the Wedges removed, ties may be slid from under the rail, as ivillbe noted by reference to Fig. l.

It is obvious that I have eliminated the use of spikes by the pendent posts, which are a part of the base plate and adapted to be disposed in the fitted openings in the tie; that the rail is firmly held in place by the Wedge construction, and that this may be so firmly tightened that it will act positively as an anti-Creeper; and that the extension of the base plate in 'actual practice becomes a tie plate.

That I claim is:

l. A rail fastening device comprising a base provided with means for securing it to a tie, said base being provided with means for engaging one edge of the flange of a rail, a locking Wedge having means for engaging the opposite edge of the flange of the rail, said base being provided with a groove for slidably receiving said Wedge and a series of longitudinally disposed vertical openings in the bottom of said groove for receiving a pin, said openings being so arranged that when a pin is disposed therein it Will abut the Wedge and lock the latter in place, thereby adjustably locking the wedge.

2. A rail fastening device comprising a base provided with means formed thereon for securing it to a tie, said base being provided With means for engaging one edge of the flange of a rail, a locking Wedge having means for engaging the opposite edge of the flange of the rail, said base being provided with a longitudinally extending groove for slidably receiving said Wedge, a series of longitudinally disposed openings in the bottom of said groove for receiving a pin, said openings being so arranged that when a pin is disposed therein it will abut the Wedge and lock the latter in place, thereby locking the Wedge. l

3. A rail fastening device comprising a base provided With means for detachably securing it to a tie, said base being provided with means for engaging one edge of the flange of a rail, a locking Wedge having means for engaging the opposite edge of the flange of the rail, said base being provided With a channel for slidably receiving said Wedge and a series of longitudinally disposed vertical openings in the bottoni of said channel for receiving a pin, said openings being so arranged that when a piu is dis osed therein it will abut the Wedge and loe: the latter in place, thereby adjustably locking the Wedge.

4. A rail fastening device comprising a base provided With means formed thereon for detaehably securing it to a tie, said base being provided with means for engaging one edge of the flange of a rail, a locking Wedge having means for engaging the opposite edge of the flange of the rail, said base being provided with a longitudinally extending groove for slidably receiving said Wedge, a series of longitudinally disposed openings in the bottom of said groove for receiving a pin, said openings being so arranged that When a pin is disposed therein it will abut the Wedge and lock the latter in place, thereby locking the Wedge.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 9th day of October, 1917.

JASMIN PIERRE BERGERON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. C. 

